Author: K. T. Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN: 1684462266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Jim was a South African railway inspector in the late 1800s who lost his legs in an accident while at work. Unable to perform all his tasks with his disability but desperate to keep his job, Jim discovered a brilliant solution, a baboon named Jack. Jim trained Jack to help him both at home and at the depot. But when the railway authorities and the public discovered a monkey on the job, Jack and Jim had to work together to convince everyone that they made a great team. This inspiring true story celebrates the history of service animals and a devoted friendship"--
Railway Jack
Author: K. T. Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN: 1684462266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Jim was a South African railway inspector in the late 1800s who lost his legs in an accident while at work. Unable to perform all his tasks with his disability but desperate to keep his job, Jim discovered a brilliant solution, a baboon named Jack. Jim trained Jack to help him both at home and at the depot. But when the railway authorities and the public discovered a monkey on the job, Jack and Jim had to work together to convince everyone that they made a great team. This inspiring true story celebrates the history of service animals and a devoted friendship"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 1684462266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Jim was a South African railway inspector in the late 1800s who lost his legs in an accident while at work. Unable to perform all his tasks with his disability but desperate to keep his job, Jim discovered a brilliant solution, a baboon named Jack. Jim trained Jack to help him both at home and at the depot. But when the railway authorities and the public discovered a monkey on the job, Jack and Jim had to work together to convince everyone that they made a great team. This inspiring true story celebrates the history of service animals and a devoted friendship"--
A Railway ABC
Author: Jack Townend
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A rhyming alphabet whose subjects include the buffers, the hopper, signals, and water-tank.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A rhyming alphabet whose subjects include the buffers, the hopper, signals, and water-tank.
Dogs of the Railways
Author: Jill Lenk Schilp
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476651264
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR's beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more. As railroads were changing America, these raildogs were changing the people who lived and worked in rail communities. For the dogs of the railways, home became the hearts of the people of the railroad. More than the dogs themselves, this book is about the human-animal relationship between a dog and a community and moments in history where that relationship symbolized the quest for home and belonging, a search that humans often share with our canine travelers.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476651264
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR's beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more. As railroads were changing America, these raildogs were changing the people who lived and worked in rail communities. For the dogs of the railways, home became the hearts of the people of the railroad. More than the dogs themselves, this book is about the human-animal relationship between a dog and a community and moments in history where that relationship symbolized the quest for home and belonging, a search that humans often share with our canine travelers.
Burma Railway
Author: Jack Chalker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955712708
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Captured on arrival in Singapore, Jack Chalker, an art student, joined the 60,000 allied prisoners in the slave labour camps of the infamous Burma Railway. This book presents his work that records not only the misery, squalor and savagery of the prison camps, but also the horrific reality of disease, wounds and the ravages of starvation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955712708
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Captured on arrival in Singapore, Jack Chalker, an art student, joined the 60,000 allied prisoners in the slave labour camps of the infamous Burma Railway. This book presents his work that records not only the misery, squalor and savagery of the prison camps, but also the horrific reality of disease, wounds and the ravages of starvation.
The Railway Times
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
How to Design and Build Your Garden Railroad
Author: Jack Verducci
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 9780890246443
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Increase your knowledge and skills with tips for designing, planning, and installing a layout; landscaping with natural materials; adding drama with structures, bridges, and trestles; and designing and installing water features.
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 9780890246443
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Increase your knowledge and skills with tips for designing, planning, and installing a layout; landscaping with natural materials; adding drama with structures, bridges, and trestles; and designing and installing water features.
The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Railway Locomotives and Cars
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Quintinshill Conspiracy
Author: Jack Richards
Publisher: Wharncliffe
ISBN: 1473831806
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
It was the railway's Titanic. A horrific crash involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were injured, it remains the worst disaster in the long history of Britain's rail network.The location was the isolated signal box at Quintinshill, on the Anglo-Scottish border near Gretna; the date, 22 May 1915. Amongst the dead and injured were women and children but most of the casualties were Scottish soldiers on their way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign. Territorials setting off for war on a distant battlefield were to die, not in battle, but on home soil victims, it was said, of serious incompetence and a shoddy regard for procedure in the signal box, resulting in two signalmen being sent to prison. Startling new evidence reveals that the failures which led to the disaster were far more complex and wide-reaching than signalling negligence. Using previously undisclosed documents, the authors have been able to access official records from the time and have uncovered ahighly shocking and controversial truth behind what actually happened at Quintinshill and the extraordinary attempts to hide the truth.As featured in Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine, January 2014.
Publisher: Wharncliffe
ISBN: 1473831806
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
It was the railway's Titanic. A horrific crash involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were injured, it remains the worst disaster in the long history of Britain's rail network.The location was the isolated signal box at Quintinshill, on the Anglo-Scottish border near Gretna; the date, 22 May 1915. Amongst the dead and injured were women and children but most of the casualties were Scottish soldiers on their way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign. Territorials setting off for war on a distant battlefield were to die, not in battle, but on home soil victims, it was said, of serious incompetence and a shoddy regard for procedure in the signal box, resulting in two signalmen being sent to prison. Startling new evidence reveals that the failures which led to the disaster were far more complex and wide-reaching than signalling negligence. Using previously undisclosed documents, the authors have been able to access official records from the time and have uncovered ahighly shocking and controversial truth behind what actually happened at Quintinshill and the extraordinary attempts to hide the truth.As featured in Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine, January 2014.
The Railway Age
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description